![Maggie hugs her favorite cow of the herd, Sally, who was one of her show cows. “When I come home, [the animals] are one of the things I look forward to.” Photo by Ella Chan.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.fallworkshop.newhouse.syr.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F11%2FChan_RaisedInABarn_005-1024x683.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Raised in a Barn
By Ella Chan
Published
The youngest daughter of a fifth-generation dairy farmer, 13-year-old Maggie Hirt balances chaotic days at Cazenovia Middle School with the hard, stubborn work of caring for animals on the farm her family has tended since 1902.
